Haverty Furniture Companies (HVT.A) Competitors

Suburban Propane Partners (NYSE:SPH) and Haverty Furniture Companies (NYSE:HVT.A) are both small-cap oils/energy companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, earnings, risk, dividends, analyst recommendations, community ranking, media sentiment, institutional ownership and valuation.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in SPH or HVT.A?

Suburban Propane Partners received 246 more outperform votes than Haverty Furniture Companies when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 62.38% of users gave Haverty Furniture Companies an outperform vote while only 57.22% of users gave Suburban Propane Partners an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Suburban Propane Partners	Outperform Votes 309 57.22%	Underperform Votes 231 42.78%
Haverty Furniture Companies	Outperform Votes 63 62.38%	Underperform Votes 38 37.62%

Which has better valuation & earnings, SPH or HVT.A?

Suburban Propane Partners has higher revenue and earnings than Haverty Furniture Companies. Haverty Furniture Companies is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Suburban Propane Partners, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Suburban Propane Partners	$1.33B	1.01	$74.17M	$1.06	19.67
Haverty Furniture Companies	$722.90M	0.51	$19.20M	$1.17	19.30

Do analysts rate SPH or HVT.A?

Suburban Propane Partners presently has a consensus price target of $21.00, suggesting a potential upside of 0.73%. Given Suburban Propane Partners' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe Suburban Propane Partners is more favorable than Haverty Furniture Companies.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Suburban Propane Partners	1 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00
Haverty Furniture Companies	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Is SPH or HVT.A a better dividend stock?

Suburban Propane Partners pays an annual dividend of $1.30 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.2%. Haverty Furniture Companies pays an annual dividend of $1.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.3%. Suburban Propane Partners pays out 122.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Haverty Furniture Companies pays out 102.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.

Does the media prefer SPH or HVT.A?

In the previous week, Suburban Propane Partners had 2 more articles in the media than Haverty Furniture Companies. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Suburban Propane Partners and 2 mentions for Haverty Furniture Companies. Suburban Propane Partners' average media sentiment score of 0.93 beat Haverty Furniture Companies' score of 0.60 indicating that Suburban Propane Partners is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Suburban Propane Partners	1 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Haverty Furniture Companies	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has more risk & volatility, SPH or HVT.A?

Suburban Propane Partners has a beta of 0.51, suggesting that its stock price is 49% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Haverty Furniture Companies has a beta of 1.24, suggesting that its stock price is 24% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Is SPH or HVT.A more profitable?

Suburban Propane Partners has a net margin of 5.18% compared to Haverty Furniture Companies' net margin of 0.00%. Suburban Propane Partners' return on equity of 11.81% beat Haverty Furniture Companies' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Suburban Propane Partners	5.18%	11.81%	2.98%
Haverty Furniture Companies	N/A	N/A	N/A

Do insiders & institutionals have more ownership in SPH or HVT.A?

30.9% of Suburban Propane Partners shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 0.8% of Haverty Furniture Companies shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.3% of Suburban Propane Partners shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 8.1% of Haverty Furniture Companies shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

Suburban Propane Partners beats Haverty Furniture Companies on 15 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.